"Sn210" (sn210)
02/25/2014 at 12:40 • Filed to: Rants
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"Sn210" (sn210)
02/25/2014 at 12:40 • Filed to: Rants | 2
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These new pumps have video screens. These screens play ads while you pump. It did not make me want a cup of coffee. Please let me be miserable pumping gas in peace.
Bugatti for your time
Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:43 |
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We've had them for a year or two here now.. I ALWAYS end up buying a friggin' hotdog for just "10 kroners".
EL_ULY
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:43 |
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lol dang dude, it's coming to a point where you have to sit through an ad before you can sit on the throne
OkCars- 22k Crossroads
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:44 |
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Damn, before finishing reading, i thought the screens purpose would be like those stoplights in germany that have a little game while you wait to cross the street.
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Sn210
> EL_ULY
02/25/2014 at 12:46 |
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Haha seriously...
"You can skip this ad in 12 sec..."
HammerheadFistpunch
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
02/25/2014 at 12:47 |
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To be fair, gas stations in Norway are more like mini super markets....or just "markets" I guess...where here its all just crap food in shiny packages. When I was there I ate some of my best food at gas stations and 7-11's
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Sn210
> OkCars- 22k Crossroads
02/25/2014 at 12:48 |
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That would be cool! Play some flappy bird while you pump. There's a competitive advantage they should look in to.
ttyymmnn
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:48 |
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Some of them have a mute button. But God forbid that we should have to stand for three minutes with nothing to watch. I was in CA a few years ago, and one store had TVs on the pumps that showed Entertainment Tonight or some other idiotic show like it. We are truly plumbing the depths of just how shallow we can be as a society.
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Sn210
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
02/25/2014 at 12:49 |
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You're just enabling them!!
Nibbles
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:50 |
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I stopped at a shop that had these last week. Can't turn the volume down, can barely see because of the sun glare, useless devices. The ad started with something along the lines of "let's see if we can [insert shill here] before you finish pumping!"
I was in the Dakota. It was going to be a while. I just sat in the truck.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/25/2014 at 12:51 |
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Mini markets would be a good name I guess. But you had your best food at gas stations and 7-11s? Dude... When in Norway, ask the locals about the best place to eat, we're not big on chains, but we have awesome local shops. :)
Tekamul
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:53 |
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I've stumbled upon this once.
I was refueling in western Massachusetts. When I started pumping, it started with a 15 second Weekend Update clip from SNL. I thought, Oh, this won't be so bad . Then, after 15 seconds, it played a 15 second ad.
Then it repeated.
That was it, the whole production was 30 seconds long. It repeated 10 times in the 5 minutes it took to fill the tank. By the end, I was repeating the SNL clip out loud as it ran. It did not make me want to by their doodads and trinkets.
Life needs an Ad Blocker
oldirtybootz
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:53 |
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Those gas station TVs are awful. I don't need celebrity gossip and 2 week old sport highlights while pumping my gas.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 12:54 |
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I know I know... but as a Norwegian I must admit that a "Pølse i lompe med rå løk" for just 10 kroners is pretty friggin' awesome. a liter of fuel costs more :P (unless it's E85 that is)
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
02/25/2014 at 12:55 |
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well, not my best food but it took us a few days to realize that eating out in Norway was very different than eating out in the states and that the normal fast food type places were much much worse and the min marts were much much better. We ate pretty well though, my wife's family took us in for about half the trip.
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Sn210
> Nibbles
02/25/2014 at 12:56 |
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We don't have that luxury here in MA. By law there's no tab to let you set the pump and walk away. No volume button either, I was completely held hostage. The ad was for the shop's own brand of coffee too, they wanted me to spend even more money while I was there!
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/25/2014 at 12:58 |
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Yeah, we don't have great/good fast food places here (other than the random kebab shop), but I guess the biggest problem for tourists would be the price.
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Sn210
> Tekamul
02/25/2014 at 12:58 |
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Holy crap! I would have stopped pumping and gone some place else.
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Nibbles
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 13:00 |
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Ugh. How about carrying a bungee cord to wrap around the handle? Or some zip ties? They're disposable
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
02/25/2014 at 13:01 |
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holy crap, you aren't kidding. Thank goodness peppes pizza.
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Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
> HammerheadFistpunch
02/25/2014 at 13:04 |
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Hehe, next time you visit, avoid Peppes like hell, you can get better Pizza for 2/3ds of the price most places :)
deekster_caddy
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 13:05 |
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Thank god our local station operator finally turned the volume down. It was ridiculous, really.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
02/25/2014 at 13:06 |
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Im hoping there is a next time in a near enough time period that I will have remembered that.
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OkCars- 22k Crossroads
> Sn210
02/25/2014 at 13:17 |
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Right, and there could be room for showing their adds as well, just as in most free games avaliable on the iphone app store
JEM
> Nibbles
02/25/2014 at 13:20 |
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In Mass. I believe it might actually be against the law to do put anything in the handle.
Annoying, but at least they still let us pump our own gas.